Lakewood Blanks Brush, Perfect in Blue Central

The Lakewood Rangers, led by junior defenseman Colin Scheel's hat trick and senior defenseman Brendan Scheel's two goals, capped a perfect 10-0 regular season in the Blue Central Division of the GCHSHL with a 10-0 shutout over the Brush Arcs at Serpentini Arena at Winterhurst on Senior Night tonight. Colin Scheel got things started for the Rangers with his first goal, an unassisted tally, at 12:58 of the first period. Just 27 seconds later Lakewood's sophomore center Victor Dobos lit the lamp with forward Nate Bonacuse and defenseman Matt Johnson collecting the helpers. Colin Scheel notched his second of the game at 6:20 converting a pass from forward Logan Pagel. Scheel then completed his hat trick with 2:31 to play with junior defenseman Aaron Kovach earning the assist. Lakewood dominated play in the first period, outshooting Brush 23-4.

Co-captain Brendan Scheel made the second period his own with a goal at 10:04, rifling in a pass from defenseman Nick Kovach and then scoring again at 6:53, an unassisted short-handed goal. Senior forward Garrett Foye notched a power play goal with 3:13 to go in the second period, taking a beautiful saucer pass from Kovach and putting the biscuit in the basket to give Lakewood a 7-0 lead after two periods. Brush was again dominated, this time 23-6, in the shots department.

Junior defenseman Aaron Kovach kept the Rangers rolling when he turned passes from forwards Nate Hinchley and Clayton Overcasher into Lakewood's eighth goal at 10:18 of period three. Nick Kovach then took a nice pass from Dobos and ripped it into the Arcs' net at 7:23. Senior forward Jon Cropper's persistence paid off with 52 ticks remaining in the game when he ripped a shot by Brush's Carter Metcalf for an unassisted score. The Rangers closed out the period with a 20-2 advantage in shots.

Lakewood's senior goaltender and co-captain Alex Hudock stopped all 12 shots he faced for his 7th shutout and 14th win of the season. Brush's Gabe Colwell saved 39 of 46 shots and Metcalf corralled 17 of the 20 he faced. As Blue Central Division champions the Rangers proceed to Baron Cup III play on Tuesday night at 6:30 at the Brooklyn Recreation Center, facing off against either Cleveland Heights or Midview.

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